Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3024, Edward Dorr, R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
R r
Dorr, Edward Judith
P. 3024.
CONTENTS

Lead Order to
May 20. Nov 1839
Satisfaction sent Sept 27 1840 to Benjamin Cowell Providence R.I.
P 8,715 Rhode Island
Edward Dorr 4
of _____ in the state of Rhode Island who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hitchcock of the R. Island line, for the term of 1 year & 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Rhode Island at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 14th of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 st of March 1819 and sent to Benjamin Cowell Esq Providence Rhode Island
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819 10m \frac{17}{30} \frac{4}{31} = 85.56 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819 48.. $133.56
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Smithfield 13 th April 1818
I hereby Certify that the bearer hereof. Edward Dorr Enlisted into the 2 nd Rhode-Island Regiment, under the Command of Col Daniel Hitchcock, in the year 1775 for Eight Months, which time served out to the Satisfaction of his officers. & then Enlisted into the same Reg t : for the term of one year went to New York was in the following Actions (Viz) the action on Long Island Harlem heights, Trent town & Prince Town. and after serving his time out as a faithfull Soldier, was Honourably Discharged by his Officers.
Israel Angell then Major of the aforesaid Reg t .
To all whom it may Concern /

Edward Dorr
Edward Dorr private Hitchcock R. S. Recd.
1775 Service by B. & M. —
14 th Dec 1818
Proof of property procured & certified
Actn.
Wanted, the Certificate of the Judge, as required in un- stances of Applicant. Also, his certificate of belief of services .

I Edward Dorr of Scituate in the District of Rhode Island on solemn oath do declare I enlisted as a private soldier in the year 1775 in Capt Jeremiah Olney's company & Col Daniel Hitchcock's regiment in the Continental army of the United States in the Rhode Island line for eight months and continued in service that time, afterwards without leaving the army I again enlisted in the same company & regiment for one year & continued in service the above last mentioned time when I received a regular discharge, which discharge is now lost. I further declare that I am now in reduced circumstances & stand in need of the patronage of my country for support. Edward Dorr
Rhode Island District
Be it remembered that on this fourteenth day of April 1818 appeared before me the above named Edward Dorr and made solemn oath, to the truth of the declaration by him above subscribed for Witness, whereof I have hereunto set my hand & here covered the seal of the Court to be hereunto affixed
David Howell District Judge.
The signature of the Judge and the seal of the Court are hereunto affixed
Henry Benjamin Curran Clerk

Edward Dorr
8/15
Sett. 10/19
C

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Providence, sc.
District Court, Special Term, June Sixth A. D. 1820
On this sixth day of June 1820, personally appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said District  Edward Dorr aged 64 years, residing in the town of Portsmouth in said District & County who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he served in Col. Hitchcock's & Col. Olney's regiments of the Rhode Island Line as a private about three years that he made a previous declaration on the sixteenth day of April 1818, and that he has received a certificate for a pension, being No. 8715 And I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen; and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen: that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Edward Dorr
A SCHEDULE of Property and Income (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) of Edw d Dorr 1 horse, 1 plough, 1 chain, 1 sled, 2 scythes, 1 hoe, 1 chest, 1 table, 1 tea kettle, 6 iron spoons, 2 forks, other than the above I have no property except forty dollars in a note due me
And this declarant further saith that he is a labourer that he justly owes at this time as much as is due to him that he is so afflicted with the Rheumatism, that he cannot work but little, that being so old he must shortly ask the assistance of others, unless his pension is continued
Edward Dorr
Rhode Island District District Court Sworn to and declared in open Court on the sixth day of June 1820 before David Howell District Judge
RHODE-ISLAND DISTRICT.
Clerk's Office of the District Court, A. D. 1820
I, Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is forty dollars and cents . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this seventeenth day of July 1820 Benjamin Cowell Clerk of said Court.

State of New York } Albany Justice Court } ss. On this 29 th day of December, in the year One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, before the Justice court of the city of Albany (consisting a court of Records) personally appeared Palmer C. Dorr a resident of the Town of Catskill in the county of Columbia and state of New York, aged fifty-seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following Declaration, in order to obtain, for himself, and the other children of Edward Dorr, and Judith Dorr, (formerly the wife, and lately the widow of the said Edward), the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832, entitled "an act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," and also of the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836, granting half pay to certain widows and orphans. —
The said Palmer C. Dorr declareth on his oath as aforesaid as follows — That his Father the said Edward Dorr, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and such as this declarant has heard him say under Captain Olney, in Col. Hitchcock's regiment of Rhode Island troops; That he served some considerable time in the year 1775, and afterwards — but how long this declarant cannot now recollect — That he has heard his said Father speak of his having served as a Trooper in said war, but does not recollect at what period. —
This declarant further saith that, as he has always understood from his Father and Mother, they were married in the year 1773 or 4 — before the Revolution commenced, that they then resided in the Town of Lynn in the State of Connecticut, and continued to reside there until after the close of the war, and that soon after the close of the war they moved to the county of Montgomery in the State of New York, where they resided for several years, and then removed to the county of Columbia, in said State of New York, and resided in the Town of Chatham fifty years and upwards.
This declarant further saith that his Father the said Edward Dorr, died on the 19 th day of May 1839, in the Town of Kinderhook, leaving this declarant mother, the said Judith Dorr his widow, That the said Judith remained the widow of the said Edward until her death, which event took place on the 14 th day of October 1852, in the Town of West-

Stockbridge in the State of Massachusetts, at the House of his Grandson Henry D. Dorr —
That the said Judith left her surviving three children only, (Viz) - Sally Toby, now residing at West Stockbridge Mass., aged 75 years - Phoebe Good- fellow, now residing in the Town of Chatham in the County of Columbia and State of New York, aged 65 years, and this declarant who resides in the Town of Canaan, in the County of Columbia aforesaid, aged 57 years. —
This Declarant further saith that his said Father always in his lifetime claimed to have been entitled to a pension, but owing to neglect and other causes never did apply for a pension, and that the said Judith never applied for a pension but employed a Man named Duse for that purpose who did not however prosecute her claim, owing as this Declarant has understood to some error in regard to his Father's name, which was erroneously spelled on some records Daw , instead of Dorr .
And this Declarant further states that one of the children of the said Edward and Judith, named Ezra, who died about the first of March 1852 in the County of Montgomery N.Y. was aged seventy six years and upwards. —
Subscribed and sworn to in open court on the day and year first above written (Witness the seal of the said court, and the signature of the Clerk thereof)
Palmer C. Dorr
H. P. Nugent Clerk

State of New York } County of Columbia } ss.
Palmer C. Dorr, a resident of the Town of Canaan, in said County being duly sworn according to law Deposition and saith that he is the identical Palmer C. Dorr, who executed the annexed application for the pension claimed by the children of Edward Dorr and Judith Dorr both now deceased, that he set forth in the said application that his father the said Edward Dorr, "never applied for a Pension" but that from information received since the date of said application, he now believes that his said father did apply for a Pension under the act of Congress passed March 18 th 1818,
And this Deponent further saith that he has no knowledge of any record of the marriage of his father and mother the said Edward and Judith Dorr, but that he has of ten heard them say, that they were married in the Town of Lynn, in the State of Connecticut by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, then pastor of a Church in that Town - This Deponent further saith that when about thirty years of age he accompanied his father and mother to the Town of Lynn in the State of Connecticut, and that while there on a visit, his father, the said Edward Dorr examined the Town Records of the said Town of Lynn, in this Deponent's presence, for the purpose of procuring a record of the said Edward & Judith Dorr's ages, from the clerk of said Town, and that he distinctly recollects hearing his father say, that he was born in the said Town of Lynn, and has always understood and believed that his Grandfather and Grandmother Dorr's names were Matthew, and Elizabeth. And this Deponent further saith that his father the said Edward Dorr died in his eighty seventh year, according to his best recollection and belief, & further this Deponent saith not -
Subscribed and sworn to at Canaan this 25 th day of January AD 1853 before me Anson E. Pifford Justice of Peace
Palmer C. Dorr

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Palmina B. Dorr and that he is a Credible Witness - and I further certify that I am not in any way interested, or concerned in any claim for a pension, to be made by, or on behalf of the children of the above named Edward and Judith Dorr - Warren January 25 th 1853 -
Aaron E. Gifford Justice of Peace

I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Palmer G. Dorr and that he is a Credible Witness - and I further certify that I am not in any way interested, or concerned in any claim for a pension, to be made by, or on behalf of said Dorr .
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
J. W. G. Mersy
X JOHN R. GERRIE , Clerk of the County of Columbia, do hereby certify, That Anson C. Gifford whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Anson C. Gifford and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County this
9. day of February A. D. 1853
J. W. G. Mersy Clerk.

Town Clerks Office G.
Lyme Connecticut February 19 th A.D. 1853
I hereby certify that I have carefully examined the records of the Town of Lyme, to find the record of the Marriage of Edward Dorr to Judith Champion, and do not find any record thereof. I find the record of the birth of Edward Dorr Son of Matthew and Elizabeth Dorr May 28 th A.D. 1752, and the birth of Judith Champion Daughter of Henry and Sarah Champion April 21 st 1755.
Joshua R. Warren Town Clerk
I Joshua R. Warren of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut. Depose and say that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town County and State aforesaid and that the above certificate by me subscribed is true, and that I have called upon the Rev d Davis S. Brainard the present resident Clergyman of the first Congregational Church in said Lyme to ascertain if the records of the Marriages performed by the Rev d Stephen Johnson formerly the pastor of said Church were in his possession and upon examination found the record of Baptisms of said Johnson from 1743 to 1786, and also of the Marriages performed by him during said time and the amount he received for each marriage in pounds, shillings and pence among which is the following record "1774 May 26 th were married Edward Dorr and Judith Champion both of Lyme £0. 6. 0" and from the ancient appearance of the record I have not any doubt in my mind but that

it was made at the time and date it bears -
Joshua R. Warren
State of Connecticut } County of New London } ss Lyme February 19 - 1853 Personally appeared Joshua R. Warren Esqr the subscriber of the foregoing affidavit, and known to me to be the same person therein described, and a witness entitled to full credit, and made oath in due form of law to the truth of the same - Before me Henry M. Waite a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut

Davis S. Brainard of Lyme in the County of New London and State of Connecticut. Depose and say that I am the present resident Clergyman and Pastor of the first Congregational Church in said Lyme, and that I have in my possession the record of the Baptisms of the Rev d Stephen Johnson formerly the Pastor of said Church, and also his record of Marriages while settled here in the Ministry from 1743 to 1786, and the amount he received for each Marriage in pounds, shillings and pence, among which is the following record "1774. May 26 th were Married Edward Dorr and Judith Champion, both of Lyme £0. 6. 0. — and believe it to be a true record of the acts therein stated, and were performed by my predecessor during his ministry in said Town.
Davis S. Brainard
State of Connecticut — ?
County of New London } ss. Lyme February 19 — 1853
Personally appeared the Rev d Davis S. Brainard known to me to be the person described in his affidavit, and a witness entitled to full credit and made oath before me to the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed —
Henry M. Waite a judge of the Superior Court

The Deposition of Pardon  Darius Barnes of Tiverton in the State of Rhode Island who being engaged ac- cording to law says that he is well acquainted with Edward Dorr of said Tiverton an appli- cant for a pension that he has been a near neighbor to him for the last ten years & has been intimately acquainted with his affairs This deponent believes that said Edward is now destitute of property & dependent on his daily labour for support - & that being very infirm is incapable of doing very tiller work His dependents here think needing the assistance of his Country for support
Pardon Barnes
11 March,
Rhode Island District
I certify that on this Eleventh day of March 1819 personally appeared before me & made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed -
Witness
Benjamin Currell
Commissioner
Dis Court
N. 9. bis.
Rhode Island District 15 th March 1819.
Gen. Sary at War. I am Satisfied that Edward Dorr is poor and needs the assistance of his Country for his support - and that he served in the revolutionary War the nine months as by Statute is required.
Daniel Howell District Judge.

Acade Bank Providence Novm 14. 1839
Sir
The Administrator on the estate of Edward Dorr deceased, late a pensioner on the Roll of this agency under the act of 18 th March 1818. has applied for the arrears due on said pension.
The pension certificate for want of proper care is so mutilated & defaced, as not to be legible, but is known to be a part of the identical certificate on which he has heretofore received his pension.
Be pleased inform me if the arrears due may be paid on the Vouchers herewith submitted
I am Very Respectfully Your obs Servt
S. Waterman Pres P. H. Greene Pension clk
J. L. Edwards Esq Commissioner of Pensions

Claims of the children of Edwards Dorr & Judith Dorr for Pension under the acts of 7. June 1832, & 4 th July 1836.
Abstract of Declaration
Palmer C. Dorr, one of the children, sets forth in his declaration, made before a court of Records, the following facts Viz-
1 st That his father, Edwards Dorr was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and served in Capt. Olneys Company, in Col. Witchcocks Regt., of Rhode Island Troops, in 1775, & subsequently, as a private, and also, as a Teamster. —
2 nd That his father, and mother, were married in the year 1773 or 1774, in the Town of Lynn in the state of Ct., where they then resided and continued to reside until the close of the war, That they afterwards resided in Montgomery and Columbia Counties in the state of New York. —
3 rd That Edwards Dorr, died on the 19 th day of May 1839, in the town of Kinderhook N.Y., leaving declarants mother Judith his widow, —
4 th That she remained such widow until she died, on the 14 th day of October 1852, in West Stockbridge, Ms. —
5 th That she left the following and no other children her surviving, Sally Doby, aged 75 years, Phoebe Goodfellow aged 65 years and the declarant Palmer C. Dorr aged 57 years —
6 th That declarants father in his lifetime claimed to be entitled to a Pension, but did not

apply for our 7 th That the oldest child of Edward and Judith Dorr, named Ezra died 1 st March 1852 aged 76 years and upwards.
The said Palmer C. Dorr also sets forth in an affidavit subjoined to this declaration the fact that his Father did apply for a Pension, under the Act of March 18 th 1818, and that he had learned the fact since he made his declaration. He also states in said affidavit or Supplementary declaration that he has no knowledge of the existence of any Records of the marriage of his Father & Mother. He also states certain facts in relation to his father's examining the Records of the Town of Lynn — (for particulars see affidavit)
Abstract of Proofs
1. Affidavit of Benjamin Cowell of Providence R.I., showing that Edward Dorr, served as a private, in 8 months service in 1775, and the 12 months service in 1776. Mr. Cowell also explains the mistake in regard to the spelling of the name, and shows that Edward Dorr (not Daw) was the person who served as he describes.
2 nd Affidavit of Joshua R. Warren Clerk of the Town of Lynn, Ct., showing that Edward Dorr and Judith Chapman, were married in said Town of Lynn on the 21 st day

of May 1774, by the Rev n Stephen Johnson, then a Minister in said Town —
3 d Affidavit of David S. Brainerd, the present President Clergyman Pastor of the 1 st Congregational Church in the town of Lynn, showing that he has in his possession the Records of Marriages performed by the Rev n Stephen Johnson in said Town of Lynn from 1743, to 1786. And that the Records of the Marriage of Edward Dorr and Judith Champion, May 26 th 1774, is therein contained, (for particulars see affidavit) —
4 th The Certificate of the Surrogate of the county of Columbia N.Y. — That Satisfactory proof has been exhibited before him, that Edward Dorr, died May 19, 1839, leaving a Widow, named Judith, That she remained such Widow until the 14 th day of October 1852, when she died, leaving the following and no other children — (Viz — Sally Doby, Phoebe Goodfellow & Palmina Dorr —
The persons last named claim a pension in right of their Father Edward Dorr, for his services as above set forth in the affidavit of Benjamin Cowell, under the act of 7, June 1832, and in right of their Mother, as the Widow of the said Edward Dorr, under the act of the 4 th July 1836 from the 4 th March 1831, to the date of their Mother's death under said Acts respectively —
Sam d Hooker Albany Feby 23 d 1853, } Agent for said claim

State of Rhode Island
County of Providence ss I Benjamin Cowell of the City & County of Providence do certify & say that I have in my possession the Books, & Rolls, & accounts belonging to the late Jeremiah Olney a Captain of a company in Col. Hitchcock's regiment in the war of the Revolution of Rhode Island Troops, which I obtained from the family of said Capt Olney a few years since, and I further certify that on the Rolls of said company is borne the name of Edward Dorr as a private in Light Infantry in 1775 & the twelve months service in 1776. The name is spelt "Daw" on the Rolls, but in the company Book, it is spelt "Dorr". It also appears from my own minute book when he applied for a pension under the act of Congress of March 18, 1818 that his name was "Edward Dorr". Attest. Breyer Cowell
Providence ss.
Subscribed and sworn to this third day of January, A.D. eighteen hundred & fifty two. and I further certify that the statements of the said Benjamin Cowell are entitled to full credence.
Before me, Thomas C Greene Justice of the Peace

State of New York County of Columbia Surrogates Office } ss.
I, Elyah Paine, Surrogate of the said County of Columbia, do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been this day exhibited to me the said Surrogate, that Edward Dorr late of the Town of Kinderhook in said County, died at his residence in said Town, on the 19 th day of May 1839, leaving a widow whose name was Judith; That the said Judith Dorr, died at the House of her grandson, Henry P. Dorr, in the Town of West Stockbridge, in the State of Massachusetts on the 14 th day of October A.D. 1852, That the said Judith remained the widow of the said Edward Dorr to the day of her death, and that she left her surviving the following named, and no other children, To Wit: Sally Toby, Phoebe Goodfellow, and Patsy C. Dorr, each of whom are now living, and over twenty one years of age.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my seal of office at Chatham this 17 th day of February A.D. 1853.
E Paine Surrogate of Columbia County
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Palma Dorn Sevens his father died May 19.39 all witness say the Sevens

Albany February 24 th 1853
J. C. Heath Esqr Commr of Pensions
Sir, I herewith enclose an application of Palmina C. Dorr, one of the children of Edward Dorr & Judith Dorr, for the pension to which it is alleged the said Edward & Judith both now dead were entitled under the Acts of 7. June 1832, & 4 th July 1836 - respectively, as follows —
1 st The declaration of Palmina C. Dorr, made before a court of Record, setting forth the claim of the children of the said Edward & Judith Dorr, to a pension, & supported by — 2 o the affidavit of Benjamin Howells, & 3 o the " " of Joshua R. Warren & 4 th a similar affidavit of David S. Brainard & 5 th The certificate of the Surrogate of Columbia Co. as to the death of the said Edward & Judith. He also lists an abstract of the declaration and proofs in support of the claim —
I am Sir,
With great respect Your Obedient Servt,
Sam l . H. Nichols

No. 7953.
The Clamart & Withepas all under town death
May 19, 1839 -
Widow's death
Oct 14, 1852
Sally Toby
Phoebe Goodfellow
& Palmer C Dorr

Pension Office 20 June 1853
Sir
Please state to what time Edward Sorr Pensioner under Act 18 March 1818, was paid on the date of his death - Rhode Island Rolls $96 per Annum.
Very Resp'y W. Cole Chf Clerk
Died 5 th Sept. 1839, Paid to his death F. Burt Auditor
F. Burt Esq Third Auditor Treasury -

Albany July 25. 1853
L. P. Walcutt Esq.
Commission of Pensions
Dear Sir, Your Letter of the 16 th July Inst. informing me of the insufficiency of the Surrogate Certificate accompanying the application of the Children of Edward & Judith Dorr decd. for a Pension, was duly received - And I have today obtained a new Certificate from the said Surrogate based upon the testimony of Patience Dorr, one of the applicants in this case, together with the affidavits of Winthrop Phelps, John J. Van Valkenburgh & Sally Toby - all of which affidavits I had obtained previously to obtaining the Records of the marriage of the said Edward & Judith from the Town Clerk of the Town of Lynn, and upon obtaining which I did not deem it necessary to send the said affidavits with the other papers, as they had been procured mostly for the purpose of proving that the said Edward & Judith were Husband and wife .
The Surrogate deems them sufficient to establish the identity of the claimants, and the date of the death of the said Edward & Judith, and has therefor annexed them to his certificate which I herewith enclose, and doubt not that it will be considered satisfactory to you - With great Respect Yours &c. Saml H. Weeks

State of New York County of Columbia Surrogates office Zss: S. Elijah Paym, Surrogate of said County of Columbia, do hereby Certify that it has been proved to the satisfaction of this court, by the testimony of Palmer Dorr a reputable witness, together with the affidavits of Winthrop Phelps, John G. Van Valkenburgh, and Sally Toby, all of which are hereto annexed, That Edwards Dorr, who was renowned as a Revolutionary Soldier, late of the Town of Kinderhook in said County, died at his residence in said Town on the nineteenth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine, leaving a widow whose name was Judith, That the said Judith continued the widow of the said Edwards, up to the day of her death, which event took place on the fourteenth day of October, One thousand Eight hundred and fifty two at the house of her grand son, in the Town of West Stockbridge in the state of Massachusetts. That the said Judith Dorr left her surviving the following and no other children viz - Sally Toby, Phoebe Goodfellow, & Palmer C. Dorr, each of whom are now living, and are the children of the said Edwards & Judith Dorr deceased, —
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hands, and affixed the seal of said Surrogate at Catskill this 25 th day of July A.D. 1853. E Paym Surrogate of Columbia County N.Y.

I further certify that the certificate issued by this court in February last, as to the date of the death of the within named Edward and Judith Dorr, was based upon the testimony upon oath, of Palmer C. Dorr, taken in open court, his statements being considered perfectly satisfactory and reliable by said court.
E. P. Peep Surrogate of Columbia County N.Y.

State of New York County of Columbia ss. Winthrop Phelps of the Town of Chatham, in said County of Columbia, being duly sworn according to law, Deposeth and saith, that he is Seventy years old, and upwards; That he has resided in the said town of Chatham ever since the year Eighteen Hundred, That he was well acquainted with Edwards Dorr, and Judith Dorr, his wife, both now deceased; That the said Edward and Judith Dorr, were residents of the said Town of Chatham at the time that deponent moved into said Town in the year 1800, as aforesaid; That the said Edwards and Judith continued to reside in said town, and in the immediate neighbourhood of this deponent, until about the year 1835 when they moved into the County of Montgomery, where they remained some two years, and then returned to the Town of Kinderhook, in the said County of Columbia, where they resided up to the time of the said Edwards death, which event occurred in the year 1839. —
This deponent further saith, that the said Edwards and Judith were very respectable citizens and lived together as Husband and Wife, and were always reputed as such, from this deponent's earliest recollection of them; That they reared a family consisting of the following named children, (Viz.) Ezra Dorr, Sally Toby, Judith Brooksh, Edwards Dorr, Phoebe Goodfellow, & Palmer C. Dorr, with whom this deponent was also well acquainted. That the said Ezra Dorr was reputed as the oldest child, and that if now living he would be about Seventy seven, years old according to his reputed age when a young man.
This deponent further saith that he was duly appointed Administrator upon the estate of the said Edwards Dorr, in the year 1842, after the death of Martin Groat, who was first appointed the administrator upon said estate and who died, leaving said estate unsettled. That one third of the personal estate of the said Edwards Dorr, was awarded to the said Judith, as his widow, and paid to her by this deponent as administrator of the said Edwards Dorr, upon the settlement of his estate according to law, and this deponent further saith, that he has often heard the said

Edwards and Judith say that they were formerly from the Town of Lynn, in the state of Connecticut. Subscribed and sworn to Winthrop Phelps at Chatham this 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853 before me Seth Daley Justice of the Peace.
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Winthrop Phelps above named, and that he is a credible witness. And I further certify that I am not in any way interested or concerned in any claim for a Pension, to be made by, or on behalf of the children of the within named Edwards and Judith Long.
Seth Daley Justice of the Peace.

Fellows and Judith say that they were formerly from the Town of Lynn, in the State of Connecticut, Subscribed and sworn to Winthrop Phelps at Chatham this 3 rd day of February A.D. 1853 before me  Seth Daley Justice of the Peace. 
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
J. D. C. Kirtland
I, JOHN R. CURRIE , Clerk of the County of Columbia, do hereby certify, That Seth Daley whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed in- strument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Seth Daley and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County this 9 day of February A. D. 185 3 
J. D. C. Kirtland Clerk.

State of New York -
County of Columbia ss John J. Van Cottburgh of the Town of Chatham in the said County of Columbia being duly sworn according to law - Depose that he is forty nine 7 Years of age old - that he has always lived in the said town of Chatham - That he was well acquainted with Edward Dorr and his Wife Judith - That they resided in the said town of Chatham from his earliest recollection down to about the Year 1835. When it was said they moved into the County of Montgomery in the said State of New York and that after an absence of about two Years they removed back to the town of Hinderhoof in said County of Columbia adjoining said town of Chatham and resided there until the death of the said Edward Dorr, in which event according to this deponent's recollection took place about the Year 1839 - This deponent further saith that the said Edward and Judith Dorr were Citizens in good repute and that they lived together as Husband and Wife and this deponent has no doubt that they were such - Neither did he ever hear or understand the least intimation to the contrary, that they raised a family of children consisting of Ezra, Sally, Judith, Edward, Abner and Palmer & with whom this deponent was familiar and well acquainted - That the said Ezra Dorr who was reputed as being the oldest child of the said Edward & Judith was some years older than this deponent, but how many years older this deponent cannot distinctly recollect and he further saith that he has always understood and often heard the said Edward and Judith that they were from the town of Lyme in the state of Connecticut
Subscribed and sworn to before me this first day of February 1853. D. H. Van Cottburgh
Harvey Becker, Justice of the Peace Fourteen hundred and fifty Three.
Geo. Sedgwick Clerk.

Edwards and Judith say that they were formerly from the Town of Lynden, in the State of Connecticut, in
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John J. Van Solingen and that he is a Creditable witness
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COLUMBIA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
J. D. C. Keating
I, JOHN B. CURRIE, Clerk of the County of Columbia, do hereby certify, That Henry Becker whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed in- strument, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Columbia, dwelling in said County; duly authorized to take the same, and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry Becker and verily believe that the signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledgment is genuine. And that said instrument is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New-York.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my name, and affixed the seal of said County this
9. day of February
A. D. 1853
J. D. C. Keating Clerk.

Edwards and Judith say that they were found from the Town of Lyme, in the State of Connecticut,
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John J. Van Volkenburgh & that he is a Creditable witness - And further certify that I am not in any wise interested or concerned in any claim for a Pension to be made by or on behalf of the children of the above named Edward and Judith Dorr
Henry Beecher } Justice of the Peace

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss. Sally Toby of the Town of West Stockbridge in said county being duly sworn according to law deposes and saith that she is a daughter of Edward Dorr and Judith Dorr, both now deceased That her father the said Edward, died in the Town of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia and state of New York, on the 19 th day of May 1839 - leaving the said Judith his Widow, who also died on the 14 th day of October A.D. 1852 in the said Town of West Stockbridge - This deponent further saith that she is now 75 years old Ezra Dorr who
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Berkshire, ss.
I, Charles Sedgwick, Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth, for the County of Berkshire, do certify that Henry W. Taft Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the certificate on the paper hereto annexed, was, at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that full faith and credit are and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity; and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Henry W. Taft and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth, this twenty ninth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Chas. Sedgwick Clerk.

State of Massachusetts County of Berkshire ss. Sally Toby of the Town of West Stockbridge in said county being duly sworn according to law deponeth and saith that she is a daughter of Edward Dorr and Judith Dorr, both now deceased That her father the said Edward, died in the Town of Kinderhook in the county of Columbia and state of New York, on the 19 th day of May 1839 - leaving the said Judith his Widow, who also died on the 14 th day of October A.D. 1852 in the said Town of West Stockbridge - This deponent further saith that she is now 75 years old That she had a brother named Ezra Dorr who (if now living) would be 77 years old - That the said Ezra was the oldest, and this depon- ent the next oldest child of the said Edward and Judith Dorr deceased - Sworn & subscribed at West Stockbridge this 29 th day of January } Sally Toby A.D. 1853 before me - }
Henry W. Taft Justice of the Peace
at Sedgwick Clerk.

I certify that I am acquainted with Sally Toby within named, and that she is a credible witness; and I further certify that I am not in any way interested or concerned in any claim to be made by or on behalf of the children of Edward and Lidie Dorr, deceased. Henry W. Pease Justice of the Peace.
Fourth Den

Waverly 23 rd Sept. 1858
Sir,
Your letter of the 15. Inst. is this P.M. received, informing me that the claim of the children of Judith Dorr, was suspended "for Explanation and further Evidence" You also state state that "it no where appears in the evidence that the claimants Husband was the Edward Dorr, who received a pension from the United States, on the contrary the evidence contradicts it" — I beg to inform the Commission that " the Edwards Dorr" Husband of the Judith, for whom their children now claim a Pension, never was a pensioner And if the Commission will please Examine the Declaration of the son, "Palm B. Dorr" he will discover, that he claims a Pension under Act of 7 th June 1832 for the services of his father the said Edward, and also a pension on his Mother's account under act of 4 th July 1836 — and furnishes evidence accordingly —
And so far as relates to the children of the said Edward & Judith Dorr I suppose it is for them to show who and how many of them were living at the time of the said Judith's death —

if however other evidence, or any other Evidence is, or can be required in relation to the names and number of children living at the time of Judith Dowd death I will endeavour to furnish it if the Commi- -ssioner will inform me what is required.
The claim certainly appears to me to be a very plain one, and I have no doubt it will so appear to the Commissioner upon a review of the Papers - There has undoubtedly been a great error committed in the Examin- -ation of this claim - in consideration of which I respectfully request an immediate reexamination - as it has been a long time before the Department
I Am Sir,
With Great respect Your Obedient Servt
S. P. Waldo Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Sam. H. Clarke

P.S. By reference to the Papers of the Edward Dorr, who was a Pension you will discover that he was not from Columbia County , if indeed from the state of New York at all - S. H. Munk

Albany November 29, 1853.
L. P. Waldo Esq. Counsel or of Pensions
Sir: The letter of Mr. S. Gools dated October 11 th 1853, relating to the claim of the children of Edwards & Judith Dorr, was duly received. - And I must acknowledge my surprise, at being informed that "Edwards Dorr of Rhode Island" had received a pension under Act of 18 th March 1818, for the identical services under Capt. Olney & Col. Witchcock. Claimed to have been rendered by Edward Dorr, of Columbia Co. N.Y. - The circumstances connected with the prosecution of this claim seem to demand from me an explanation which I will now give —
I was called upon in Sept r 1852, to go to West Stockbridge, Mass. - for the purpose of drawing a declaration for Mrs. Judith Dorr widow of Edwards of N.Y. - she wishing to make application for a pension on account of the services of her late husband, the said Edward
I accordingly called on her at her resid- -ence - but finding her in a very low state of health, I declined making her declaration at that time - thinking it unnecessary to do so — Mrs. Dorr died on the 14 th of the following

October — Soon after, the grand son called on me in relation to his grandmother's claim, when I informed him, that his Father, and the other children of the said Judith, could make application for, & receive said Pension, in case suitable evidence could be adduced — Subsequently Palmer C. Dorr , one of the claimants in this case — called on me, and stated his case, & made a declaration, in accordance with the facts as developed by the evidence, subsequently submitted in the case — And I in good faith, proceeded with the prosecution of the claim, feeling perfectly confident that I was prosecuting a Valid & legitimate claim — the claimant having stated his case almost perfectly in accordance with the facts, as they ultimately turned out in evidence — Never Mr Dorr became possessed of the facts upon which his statement was based, I am unable to say. but supposed that he honestly stated the case. from the original statements of his Father, & Mother, as represented by him to me — Whether he can show that the services of his Father were appropriated by the Edward Dorr of R.S. is more than I shall venture to predict —
I only wish to say in reference to this case — that I have done all that I could do, to establish the claim beyond

- the possibility of doubt. And am greatly disappointed at the adverse result, being entirely ignorant, (until the receipt of Mr Coles letter) - of the existence of any such man, as Edward Dorr , of Rhode Island - or that Edward Dorr , of New York was not the man, who performed the services, for which his children claimed this Pension —
I Am Sir,
With much respect Your Obedient Servt Sam l H o Clarke

Edward Loom R. I.
18 March
To What time last paid
Pension Office p't. 4 March 1839
20 Nov 1839.
JH
3 rd not in

No 7953.
Judith Dorr dec? Widow of Edward NY
Saint Marks July 16 '53 same Sept 15/53 Same Oct 11 1853
3024
Act July 4 1836

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
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am
RECORDED
P. O. _____
Judith Dorr
Service: _____
widow of Edward
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
Application filed: _____, 18 .
es: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18 .